Faults:

Wiper relays not working when bought. £35 to replace

Cooling hose replaced for £20.

General Comments:

Apart from feeling like riding in blancmange road performance is surprisingly good, particularly as I bought this car for load lugging. It is a very good load lugger - 4 trips to France & 10k later, no problems.

Annoying squeaks - heater fan motor & plastic rub on steering wheel.

V comfortable on long trips.

Faults:

Nothing has ever really broken - I have a good and trustworthy mechanic, he checks the whole car when servicing it and I replace anything suspect before it breaks.

Have replaced engine mounts, cv boots, gear linkages, brake rotors etc. but that's all to be expected on a 13 year old car.

General Comments:

This car may not be the quickest off the mark, but is the most satisfying drive when you get it right. It has it's own personality and if you learn how it works and what it likes you will enjoy driving it like no other car!

On the downside, the bodywork has a lot to be desired - doesn't help that every time I park somewhere, someone runs into it or opens a door on it. the interior has a fair share of rattles n squeaks too..

Faults:

Gearbox crunchy, synchromesh slow.

Power steering seems to take a while to warm up.

Catalytic converter burned out.

Radiator cap replaced.

Harmonic balance replaced 130,000km plus timing chain.

General Comments:

I bought this car on the net from Melbourne and drove it immediately to Brisbane, 1850 km, over two days. It did not miss a beat.

I decided to buy it rather than a BMW 318is, which is also 1900cc, but slower and dearer. The Peugeot handles brilliantly, has 30mpg consumption, but a heavy and slow gearbox. Some models came with timber trim, but this one has the glass sunroof, leather, 5 speed box with a very tall first gear and all electrics.

Faults:

Brakes grinding.

Door locks and mechanisms replaced on both sides.

General Comments:

I find the Pug 405 a really nice car to drive. It's the first Pug I've owned.

I installed a Sony CD and head set up, where I found the wiring more than odd. Thankfully the Haynes manual for the 405 gave me a great hand.

The seats are fantastically comfy and I find the cabin layout OK, but not ideal.

The SRi model has just the right amount of goodies I like, ABS, PAS, Electric windows and 6 speaker setup.

The get up and go on this car has certainly not got up and gone. For a car over ten, it can still kick some!!!

Faults:

I have never had important problems with this car.

The motor must be heated a bit before starting to run by cold weather.

General Comments:

The car was owned by my father, and I started to drive it two years ago (when I got my driving license).

In the eleven years we've got it, it has never had any important problem, only things like a spark plug wire who has dropped down, or the carburettor calibration.

Good for the city, and better for highway, it's a car that wants to run and run, and no problem to put the speedometer in horizontal position (about 160 km/h).

The mall is very big: we used this car to travel in holidays with the baggages of the five passengers, and we've never run out of space.

For the overall balance, I'm very happy when driving this car, and I don't plan to change it until it burns.

For the maintenance, we only respect the manufacturer prescriptions, and they're not very expensive.

Maybe a little expensive in gasoline, because of the carburettor, but not too much.